2 Hot Stocks to Watch: Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC), Principal Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:PFG)

Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC)

The shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) started off the last trading session with the price of $18.72 while closing the day with the price of $18.67. The shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) Rise 0% with the Loss of -0.05 points.

The shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) traded with the day volume of 2.4 Million shares whereas its average trading volume is 2.72 Million.

While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) Loss -1.11% in the last week while Falling -6.18% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the red light with -10.28%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows -6.79% and 1.69% respectively.

Some critical values of the shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 1.35 while Average True Range of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) demonstrate the value at 0.36. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) are indicated at 1.48% and 1.61%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 31.54.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 37.04 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 1.98 Billion and the shares float stands at 1.98 Billion. The income of the company stand at 1.85 Billion while the sales stand at 44.69 Billion.

Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at 0.93, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 20.01, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 0.83, the Return on Asset ROA stood at 0.003 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at 0.05 while Return on Investment ROI is at 0.076.


Principal Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:PFG)

Principal Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:PFG) started its previous trading session at $62.25 and closed at $62.11 showing a Rise of 0.23 Percent.

The Company traded with an average Volume of 1.43 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 2.4 Million.

Looking at the performance of the stock, Principal Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:PFG) Loss -1.49% in the last week in its shares price and -1.83% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a red of -11.59 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a 0.16 and -3.26 percent respectively.

Beta for Principal Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:PFG) stands at 1.59 while the ATR (average true range) is at 1.5. The Stock’s Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 1.49% and 2.08% respectively showing a RSI value of 40.08.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:PFG), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 17.95 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 289 Million and the shares float stands at 287.65 Million.

The Company generated an income of 1.71 Billion and the sales of 14.18 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.

While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $5.85 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 10.62 and 1.27 respectively.

The Return on Assets stands at 0.009, ROE shows a value of 0.198 and ROI for Principal Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:PFG) is 0.108 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.

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